Sir John Soane’s Museum

The Sir John Thorne Museum is the smallest national museum in the UK and one of the first museums in the world to be open to the public.

Sir Thorn has more than 10,000 books in his collection, Sir John Soane’s Museum is a house museum, formerly the home of the neo-classical architect John Soane. It holds many drawings and models of Soane’s projects and the collections of paintings, drawings and antiquities that he assembled. The Soane Museum is now a national centre for the study of architecture.

The Monk’s Parlour

There’s more of Soane’s whimsy in the Monk’s parlour, a set of rooms in the basement of the house. It is imitation Gothic style that is part satire and part advertisement for Soane’s versatilit.